Four Foods, One Method

• 01 Native Blue Seal Native Level 2 Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove
• 02 Native Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula Swap Remove
• 03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove
• 04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Swap Remove

Four Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.

	01 Native Blue Seal Native Level 2 Chicken Meal & Rice Swap Remove	02 Native Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula Swap Remove	03 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Swap Remove	04 Science Diet Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Swap Remove
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream.	01 Blue Seal Native Level 2 Chicken Meal & Rice 28.9%	02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula 31.1% Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 21.7%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 22.2%
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. iEstimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag.	01 Blue Seal Native Level 2 Chicken Meal & Rice 42% 38.0% as fed	02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula 41% 37.0% as fed Best in this row	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 54% 49.0% as fed	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 54% 48.5% as fed
03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. iThe count matches any named animal word in the opening five ingredients, so it also counts animal fats and flavourings as proteins. It is shown because it is one of the five measured lines, but it is too rough to call a winner on.	01 Blue Seal Native Level 2 Chicken Meal & Rice 2 of 5	02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula 2 of 5	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 1 of 5	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 1 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list.	01 Blue Seal Native Level 2 Chicken Meal & Rice None	02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley None
05 Brand Recall History Level Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe.	01 Blue Seal Native Level 2 Chicken Meal & Rice None	02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula None	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice None	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley None
Starch, As Fed iEstimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag.	01 Blue Seal Native Level 2 Chicken Meal & Rice 38.0%	02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula 37.0%	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 49.0%	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 48.5%
Kcal / Cup	01 Blue Seal Native Level 2 Chicken Meal & Rice 380	02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula 380	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice 391	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley 363
First Five Ingredients	01 Blue Seal Native Level 2 Chicken Meal & Rice Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Ground Barley, Chicken Fat (Mixed Tocopherols Preservative), Brown Rice	02 Blue Seal Native Puppy Chicken Meal & Rice Formula Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Ground Barley, Chicken Fat (Mixed Tocopherols Preservative), Brown Rice	03 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Small Paws Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Lamb Meal, Brown Rice, Brewers Rice, Whole Grain Sorghum, Whole Grain Wheat	04 Hill’s Science Diet Adult Large Breed Chicken & Barley Chicken, Cracked Pearled Barley, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Corn, Whole Grain Sorghum

Every figure here is the food's own. Protein and carbohydrate are converted to dry matter so foods of different moisture can be set beside each other; starch is estimated from the guaranteed analysis with ash assumed at 6.0%, and the recall record belongs to the manufacturer rather than to the recipe. Two rows are printed but never marked: the named-protein count, because the detection behind it is too rough to call a winner on, and calories, because neither more nor fewer is better without knowing the dog.